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ttousi
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:19 pm |
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Joined: Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:20 am Posts: 3311 Location: St. Paul, MN.
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9mm carbine is still only 199.00 and available from an FFL in Woodbury. If you are interested PM for his contact info
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Macx
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:42 pm |
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Joined: Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:37 pm Posts: 1757 Location: Whittier
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My father has a carbine in 9mm . .. less than 150 rounds, the bolt lever (screw) broke. . .. there was an obvious air bubble in the casting (that screw) . . . they made good on the warranty, he hasn't mentioned any other issues.
Nice gun for the money, but not so good compared to SKS or Nagant (I have made a Nagant faithful outta my father) The highpoint ain't bad, bbut for the money an SKS or a really, really cherry picked Nagant can be had.
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someone1980
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:53 pm |
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Joined: Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:19 pm Posts: 2305
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Having an SKS I was under the impression that they were only 7.62x39?
I also have a .223 carbine, but it would be nice from a "keep life simple" point of view to only have one caliber and two small arms to grab if BAD THINGS happen.
Otherwise I would soon be hualing a pistol, carbine, and the long range .308, plus associated ammo + other survival stuff. But I digress, and this should be in another thread.
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Pat Cannon
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:18 pm |
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Joined: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:53 pm Posts: 1421 Location: South Minneapolis (East of Lake Nokomis)
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Leo Dwyer down in Faribault got one of the carbines, and says it is an excellent cat gun.
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Macx
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:02 pm |
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Roger. SKS is 7.62x39 only (to the best of my knowledge) . .. I mentioned it because it is in the same price league. In a carbine, I'd rather have something harder hitting, but my father was looking for "cheap to buy/ cheap to shoot" along the lines of a "truck gun" when I pointed him the highpoint way . . . as much as he loves Nagants since I intro-ed him to those, I am kinda sorry I didn't steer him to an SKS instead of the highpoint.
_________________ Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a
lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become
a law unto himself; it invites anarchy .” Olmstead v. U.S., 277 U.S. 438
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someone1980
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:09 pm |
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Joined: Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:19 pm Posts: 2305
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Ya the cost difference between 9mm and 7.62x39 is quite a bit.
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Lenny7
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:45 am |
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Joined: Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:09 am Posts: 1060 Location: Savage, MN
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I recently got a chance to shoot my brother's .40 cal HiPoint. We had been shooting my S&W M&P .40 first and then he got his HiPOint out. We were shooting at about 20 to 25 feet. With the S&W, we were in the black. With the HP, we were mostly in the white, scattered in every direction. Maybe it was dirty, but about 1 in 5 shots resulted in a jam or feed failure. I've never been able to feel the the distinct movement of a slide before, but with his HiPoint I felt like it was firing in slow motion. I gotta believe it's because it was dirty.
Granted we were comparing a $400 gun to a $125 gun, but I'd rather spend more for something I enjoy shooting.
One advantage of the HP is that we didnt have to change targets very often.
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mnglocker
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:22 am |
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Lenny7 wrote: I recently got a chance to shoot my brother's .40 cal HiPoint. We had been shooting my S&W M&P .40 first and then he got his HiPOint out. We were shooting at about 20 to 25 feet. With the S&W, we were in the black. With the HP, we were mostly in the white, scattered in every direction. Maybe it was dirty, but about 1 in 5 shots resulted in a jam or feed failure. I've never been able to feel the the distinct movement of a slide before, but with his HiPoint I felt like it was firing in slow motion. I gotta believe it's because it was dirty.
Granted we were comparing a $400 gun to a $125 gun, but I'd rather spend more for something I enjoy shooting.
One advantage of the HP is that we didnt have to change targets very often.
That had to have been dirty, your brother should go buy a new one.
I've got the 995 9mm carbine and it's no sniper rifle, but it will hit the x-mark at 100'. It's never jammed on me, and it's cheap to shoot. My only complaint is that the magazine is a pita to load.
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someone1980
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:53 am |
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mnglocker wrote: That had to have been dirty, your brother should go buy a new one.
Now that is funny.
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Seismic Sam
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:53 am |
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Joined: Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:48 pm Posts: 479 Location: Afton
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And the 45 Hi-Points can't be used for framing hammers, because the slide weighs too much, and the grip isn't long enough.
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